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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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