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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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