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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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