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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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