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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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