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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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