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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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