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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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