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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners 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 variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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