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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free for students 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. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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