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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are 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 many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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