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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free 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 many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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