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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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