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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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