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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs 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 several issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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