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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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