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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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