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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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