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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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