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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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