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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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