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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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