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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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