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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically 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 variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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