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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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