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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally 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 learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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