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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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