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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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