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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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