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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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