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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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