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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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