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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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