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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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