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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free 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 variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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