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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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