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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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