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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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