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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not always 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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