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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 several subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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