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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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