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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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