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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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 many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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