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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally 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 variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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