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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently 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 lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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