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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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