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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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