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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 a variety of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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