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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs 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. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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