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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally 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. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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