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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always 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 variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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