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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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