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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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