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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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