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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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