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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always 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 topics that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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