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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not 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 subjects that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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