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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students 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. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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