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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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