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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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