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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students 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. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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