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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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