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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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