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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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