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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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