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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally 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 many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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