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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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