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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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