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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are 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 learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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