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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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