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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 several issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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