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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 several subjects that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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