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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches 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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