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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic 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 discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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