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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always 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 many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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