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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always 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 subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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