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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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