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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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