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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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