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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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