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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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