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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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