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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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