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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free 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 a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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