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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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