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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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