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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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