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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly 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 variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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