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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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