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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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