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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are normally 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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