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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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