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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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