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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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