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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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