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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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