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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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