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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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