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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses 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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