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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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