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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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