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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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