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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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