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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free 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 several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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