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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are 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 lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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