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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally 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 subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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