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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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