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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently 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 e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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