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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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