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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are free for students 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 many subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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