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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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