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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches 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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