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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key 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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