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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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