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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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