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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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