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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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