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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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