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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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