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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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