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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses 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 topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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