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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 topics that online education organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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