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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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