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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not 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 distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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