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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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