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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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