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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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