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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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