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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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