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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are 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 a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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