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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly 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 topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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