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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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