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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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