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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free 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 quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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