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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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 online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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