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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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