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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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