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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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