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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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