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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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