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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 many subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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