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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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