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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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