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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs 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 several issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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