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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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