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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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