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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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