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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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