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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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