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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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