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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly 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 distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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