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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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