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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free 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 subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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