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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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