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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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