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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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