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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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