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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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