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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not 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 technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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