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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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