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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally 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 lot of subjects that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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