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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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