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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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