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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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