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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free 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 many topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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