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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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