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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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