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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are 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 have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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