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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 several topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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