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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free 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 topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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