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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners 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 several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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