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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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