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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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