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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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