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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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