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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC 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 many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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