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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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