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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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