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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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