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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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