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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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