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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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