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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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