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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major 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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