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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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