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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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