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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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