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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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