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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses 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. Massively open online courses are free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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