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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally 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 issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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