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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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