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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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