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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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