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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners 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 variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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