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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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