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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are 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 topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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