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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free 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 topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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