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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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