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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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