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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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