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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These 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 many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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