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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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