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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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