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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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