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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive 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 learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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