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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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