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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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