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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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