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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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