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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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