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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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