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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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