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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are free for learners 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 many subjects that elearning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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