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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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