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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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