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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free 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 lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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