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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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