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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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