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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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