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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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