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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently 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 issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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