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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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