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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not 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 variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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