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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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