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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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