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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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