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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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