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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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