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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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