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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free 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 online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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