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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free 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 many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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