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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)