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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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