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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 several topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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