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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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