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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily 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 subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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