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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes 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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