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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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