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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 several topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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