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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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