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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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