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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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