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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC 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 subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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