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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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