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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free 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 organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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