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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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