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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always 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 blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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