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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses 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 topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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