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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning enable students all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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