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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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