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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students 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 lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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