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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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