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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses 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 many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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