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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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