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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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