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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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