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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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