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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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