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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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