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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education