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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally 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 several subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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