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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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