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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free 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 several issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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