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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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