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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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