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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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