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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not 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 blended learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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