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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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