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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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