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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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