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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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