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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally 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. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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