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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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