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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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