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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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