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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are 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 topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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