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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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