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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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