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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly 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 topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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