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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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