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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not 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 issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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