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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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