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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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