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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly 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 issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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