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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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