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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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