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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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