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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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