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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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