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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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