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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always 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 topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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