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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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