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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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