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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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