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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 several subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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