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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not 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 issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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