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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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