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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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