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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 blended learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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