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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently 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 variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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