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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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