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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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