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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are mostly 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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