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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always 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 e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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