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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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