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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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