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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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