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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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