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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically 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 many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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