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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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