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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 several issues that elearning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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