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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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