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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free 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 several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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