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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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