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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 many issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand 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 subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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