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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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