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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free 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 topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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