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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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