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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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