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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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