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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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