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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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