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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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