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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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