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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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