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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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