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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are 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. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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