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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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