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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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