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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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