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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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