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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always 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 lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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