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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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