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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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