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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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