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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners 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 topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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