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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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