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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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