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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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