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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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