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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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