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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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