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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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