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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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