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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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