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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are 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 having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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