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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally 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. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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