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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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