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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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