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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally 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 issues that online education organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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