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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education