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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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