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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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