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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always 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 elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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