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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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