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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly 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. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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