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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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