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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major 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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