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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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