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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students 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 many subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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