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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly 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 a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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