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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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