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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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