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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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