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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly 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 several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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