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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are typically 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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