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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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