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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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