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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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