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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are 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 topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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