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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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