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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to 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 dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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