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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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