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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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