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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 several topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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