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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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