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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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