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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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