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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free 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 e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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