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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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