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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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