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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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