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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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