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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners 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 blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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