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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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