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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources