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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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