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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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