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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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