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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free 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 topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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