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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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