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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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