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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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