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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 many issues that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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