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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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