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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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