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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are typically 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 variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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