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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are 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 several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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