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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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