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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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