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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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