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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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