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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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