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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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