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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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