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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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