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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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