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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners 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 many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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