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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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