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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily 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 several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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