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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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