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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners 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 blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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