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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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