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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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