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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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