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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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