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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally 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 issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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