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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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