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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major 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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