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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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