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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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