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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. 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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