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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free 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 issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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