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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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