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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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