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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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