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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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