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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always 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 blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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