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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free 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 issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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