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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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