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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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