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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly 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 a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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