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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always 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 subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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