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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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