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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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