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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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