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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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