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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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