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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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