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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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