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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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