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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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