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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly 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 numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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