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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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