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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources