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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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