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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily 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 online education organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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