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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 many topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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