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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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