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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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