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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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