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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly 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 online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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