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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always 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 issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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