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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually 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 several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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