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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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