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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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