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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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