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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are 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 many topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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