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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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