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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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