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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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