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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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