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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically 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. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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