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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners 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 numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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