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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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