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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs 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 subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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