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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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