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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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