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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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