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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free 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 several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX 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 inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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