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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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