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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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