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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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