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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always 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 issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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