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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners 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. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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