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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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