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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always 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 distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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