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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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