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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always 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 issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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