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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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