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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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