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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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