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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not 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 online education organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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