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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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