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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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