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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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