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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily 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 many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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