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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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