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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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