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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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