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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always 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. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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