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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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