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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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