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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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