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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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