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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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