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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free 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 issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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