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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are 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 many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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