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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually 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 subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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