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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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