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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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