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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually 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 issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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