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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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