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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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