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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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