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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently 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 institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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