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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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