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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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