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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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