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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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