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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not 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 online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education