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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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